Michelle Obama’s speech on Monday, at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, was not about her husband, or about herself. Instead, it was about two young women and a somewhat older one: Sasha and Malia Obama and Hillary Clinton. The Obama girls have appeared in all three of the Convention speeches that Michelle Obama has now given, but it was different this time…

When Bernie Sanders walked out to address the Democratic National Convention, on Monday night, at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center, which normally serves as home to the N.B.A.’s hapless 76ers, he was fully aware that many of his supporters were ready for a fight. Earlier in the day, when the Vermont senator had appeared for a pre-D.N.C.

One week ago we were treated to a never-ending litany of “WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!1!”, interspersed with “private server!” We could ask, who cares about some private server if we are all going to die? But hey, we didn’t need to ask questions, just shut up and be told about our imminent doom from this hellhole called America. It was dark, bloody, cynical, and very, very white and male…

Say that you have two children, or maybe three, and that they fight for what’s theirs. The contested objects are many: cake, Lego sets, the right to various household electronics or to name the family dog. And the children aren’t pleasant about it: they torment each other, and engage in guerrilla tactics distinguishable from those of ruthless insurgents only by their disregard for stealth, which might at least allow you, the parent, a little peace and quiet

Anytime an opinion piece is titled “Obama is too incompetent to pull off a coup,” you know it’s going to be full of delicious crazy. Dare we take a closer look? Turkey’s failed coup, combined with the disastrous disunity and polarization in the United States thanks to Barack Obama, have gotten people talking about whether it could happen here. People! Are talking! …